ISSN:
0006-3592
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Enzymatic synthesis of glucose 6-phosphate from glucose and ATP catalyzed by glucokinase from B. stearothermophilus and enzymatic regeneration of ATP from ADP and acetyl phosphate catalyzed by acetatekinase from B. stearothermophilus were simultaneously performed in an Ultrafiltration hollow-fiber reactor of the multitubular heat-exchanger type. Experimental results of space-time yield, the conversion, and ATP recycle number were in good agreement with the theoretical predictions based on the simple analytical model developed in the preceding article. The best results for space-time yield and conversion were Ys = 1.97 mol/m3 h and X = 92.8%, respectively, under the same conditions, and the best result for the ATP recycle number was NR = 2130 under conditions different from those above. However, Ys = 1.72 mol/m3 h, X = 81.2%, and NR = 1620 were the results when the space-time yield, conversion, and recycle number were at the highest in combination under the same conditions. Results of long-term operation showed that the apparent remaining activity of the enzyme system was ca. 55% after continuous operation for 16 days, the decrease in the enzyme activity being faster than that expected from their half-life times determined individually in the homogeneous system.
Additional Material:
10 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.260340310
